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I Set the PDC mode.

APress r t to move the arrow to “VPS/PDC”.

BPress PDC to select “ON” or “OFF”.

OR

APress r t to move the arrow to “VPS/PDC”, then press OK.

BPress r t to select the desired setting, then press OK.

● If “VPS/PDC ON” is displayed on the TV screen, PDC is set to ON.

● If “VPS/PDC OFF” is displayed on the TV screen, PDC is set to OFF.

“PDC Recording” in the right column.

●VPS (Video Programme System) recording is not currently available in the U.K. and not possible with this recorder.

J Set the WEEKLY/DAILY programme mode.

APress r t to move the arrow to “WEEKLY/DAILY”, then press OK.

BPress r t to select the desire mode, then press OK.

● For details on each mode, see “WEEKLY/DAILY programme timer settings” ( pg. 47).

K Set other options.

APress r t to move the arrow to the desired option, then press OK.

BSet each option as required.

●To modify a programme title, perform steps B and C of “Modify Programme Title” ( pg. 57).

●To modify the category option, press w r e t to select the desired category, press OK, press w r e t to move the arrow to “EXIT”, then press OK.

L Return to the normal screen.

Press w e to move the arrow to “EXIT”, then press OK.

●If “PROGRAMME OVERLAPPED” appears on the TV screen, see page 50.

●To continue timer programming for other programmes, press w e to move the arrow to “CONTINUE”, then press OK.

M Engage the recorder’s timer mode.

●For the HDD deck (with the PDC mode is OFF):

No operation is required to engage the recorder’s mode.

●For the VHS deck and the HDD deck (with the PDC

mode is ON):

Press # (TIMER). The recorder turns off automatically and “#” appears on the front display panel.

●To disengage the timer mode, press # (TIMER) again.

NOTES:

●During timer recording with “#“ appearing on the front display panel, it is not possible to change the recording deck (HDD or VHS).

●When you check , cancel, or change programme, see page 50.

Satellite Receiver Users

To timer-record a satellite broadcast using Express Timer Programming:

APerform “Satellite Receiver Control Setting” on page 18.

BPerform steps A – M. In step G, change “TV PROG” to “SAT”. The front display panel shows “L-2” for the channel position. Then select the channel position for the satellite broadcast. In step I, you cannot set “PDC” to “ON”.

CLeave the satellite receiver’s power on.

PDC Recording

Now available from some TV stations, PDC (Programme Delivery Control) is a service designed to assure safe, accurate timer recording. With this system, special code signals are transmitted together with the audio/video signals. These code signals control your video recorder and have precedence over the advertised times which you may have preset into the timer. This means that your recorder will start and stop recording when the preset TV programmes actually start and end — even if the broadcast time of a preset TV programme is changed from what has been advertised. PDC is currently available nationally on BBC1, BBC2, Ch.4 and Ch.5, except from a few small relay transmitters. Ch.3 operates a PDC service in some areas. All channels intend to offer this service in due course. Check your TV programme listing guide for latest information. If the channel you intend to record does not offer a PDC service your recorder will not start recording if PDC has been selected. Be sure to set PDC to “OFF” if PDC is not available on your selected channel. (See step H on page 47 and step I in the left column.

NOTES:

●When you use Express Timer Programming, set the start time (PDC time) exactly as advertised in the TV listing. A different time than advertised will result in no recording.

●PDC recording is also possible when a satellite receiver or a cable system is connected to L-2 IN/DECODER connector on your recorder.

●PDC recording is also possible via the L-1 IN/OUT connector.